Crime & Safety

Woman Accused Of Prostituting Herself In Mentor Motel

Officers arrested Jamie Gammel Friday after she advertised her services online, according to police

Mentor Police arrested a women from a motel in the city and charged her with prositution after she advertised her services online, according to the department's Facebook page.

Officers received an anonymous call Friday morning saying that room 120 at had a lot of men coming in and out.

Police then found a page on backpage.com where a Jamie Gammel, 33, of Mentor was offering massage services with a discount if clients came between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., police said. Furthermore, Gammel was registered in room 120.

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Officers went to her room and found a make-shift massage parlor with a table, oils and sex toys, police said.

They also found a client list with services rendered.

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Gammel was charged with operating a massage parlor without a license, prostitution, criminal tools, possession of drug abuse instruments -- in this case, a syringe -- and possession of dangerous drugs without prescription.

The drug is suboxone, which police found in the motel room, Mentor Police Lt. Tom Powers said.

She is scheduled to be arraigned Monday morning in .


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